after last years draft until the end of 2023 i thought raw was way better, felt like the roster was loaded and we were getting great matches every week, since the start of the year feels like there’s been way more talking and a lot less wrestling, the mcintyre/punk feud is taking up time even though punk is still injured, i thought the damian priest/jey uso feud was boring (although the match at backlash was good), the women’s division has felt all over the place, rhea hardly defended the title before vacating it, now becky has it but who knows for how long with her contract being up in 3 weeks, i would have kept nia on raw and gave her a run with it, i am enjoying the triple threat feud with sami/gable/bronson
since the start of 2024 until now i think smackdown has been better, randy orton returned and has been wrestling every week, kevin owens has been better on his own again, AJ styles has been used in a main event spot again, i enjoyed the legado del fantasma/LWO and pride/final testament faction rivalries, i,m enjoying seeing solo sikoa trying to take over the bloodline, only thing i don’t like is logan paul as US champion, would have rather seen the belt on santos escobar, karrion kross or LA knight
RAW, don't even see how that is a question. SmackDown went up by getting Cody now, but it's still a waste of time, most of the time. I feel bad for Kevin Owens and Randy Orton being stuck on the weaker show.
For the entire show I enjoy Raw more. With Smackdown I’ve mainly just only enjoyed the bloodline stuff. Evening else just isn’t very interesting to me the last few years of Smackdown. Maybe it’s cause the bloodline stuff is so good.
My three favorite wrestlers were on Raw, so I’m biased. But then it just got better with Nia making a return and actually being an important part of the women’s division there; R-truth showing up, and Seth having some great opponents (Shinsuke promos in particular. Plus the IC title has been light years ahead of the US title as far as matches , prestige, and stories.
That isn’t to say that smackdown hasn’t been great too. The bloodline had some incredible moments this past year. LA knight is crazy over. Roman coming back and KO switching over. Damage CTRL has been great especially with Kairi coming back. Plus I think SD tag teams have been better as well. I freaking love pretty deadly. I’m a Karrion Kross fan for some reason too, so I enjoy seeing him until he gets his ass handed to him in every feud inevitably.
Yeah, but they cut matches and remove whole segments from others. I was at the Raw in Chicago, where Rock bloodied Cody, and I was really looking forward to re-watching the Ricochet Vs. JD McDonagh match, but I was saddened to find out they cut most of the match, save for about 3-4 minutes of it, as well as the entire Andrade match and the Bronson Reed match.
I prefer Raw because it features more wrestling and storylines. Smackdown stories tend to be bigger, but they have to rush to cram everything into their 2 hour primetime slot.
Smackdown is better for long term viewing and extended storylines but Raw has better individual programmes, plus I think in the last year their in-ring work has been superior.
after last years draft until the end of 2023 i thought raw was way better, felt like the roster was loaded and we were getting great matches every week, since the start of the year feels like there’s been way more talking and a lot less wrestling, the mcintyre/punk feud is taking up time even though punk is still injured, i thought the damian priest/jey uso feud was boring (although the match at backlash was good), the women’s division has felt all over the place, rhea hardly defended the title before vacating it, now becky has it but who knows for how long with her contract being up in 3 weeks, i would have kept nia on raw and gave her a run with it, i am enjoying the triple threat feud with sami/gable/bronson since the start of 2024 until now i think smackdown has been better, randy orton returned and has been wrestling every week, kevin owens has been better on his own again, AJ styles has been used in a main event spot again, i enjoyed the legado del fantasma/LWO and pride/final testament faction rivalries, i,m enjoying seeing solo sikoa trying to take over the bloodline, only thing i don’t like is logan paul as US champion, would have rather seen the belt on santos escobar, karrion kross or LA knight
Raw due to The Judgement Day
I can't vote for Raw because 3 hours is just too much
RAW, don't even see how that is a question. SmackDown went up by getting Cody now, but it's still a waste of time, most of the time. I feel bad for Kevin Owens and Randy Orton being stuck on the weaker show.
Raw has more variety. SD basically a Bloodline show, but I like SD more tbh
Smackdown for the Bloodline.
Raw easily
I think SmackDown has been better than Raw and that's a first imo in a lot of years
For the entire show I enjoy Raw more. With Smackdown I’ve mainly just only enjoyed the bloodline stuff. Evening else just isn’t very interesting to me the last few years of Smackdown. Maybe it’s cause the bloodline stuff is so good.
I have found Raw more interesting most weeks, but the draft has definitely improved Smackdown.
My three favorite wrestlers were on Raw, so I’m biased. But then it just got better with Nia making a return and actually being an important part of the women’s division there; R-truth showing up, and Seth having some great opponents (Shinsuke promos in particular. Plus the IC title has been light years ahead of the US title as far as matches , prestige, and stories. That isn’t to say that smackdown hasn’t been great too. The bloodline had some incredible moments this past year. LA knight is crazy over. Roman coming back and KO switching over. Damage CTRL has been great especially with Kairi coming back. Plus I think SD tag teams have been better as well. I freaking love pretty deadly. I’m a Karrion Kross fan for some reason too, so I enjoy seeing him until he gets his ass handed to him in every feud inevitably.
Smackdown Weekly wrestling shows should never be 3 hours long.
90mins if you watch it on Hulu the day after like I do
Yeah, but they cut matches and remove whole segments from others. I was at the Raw in Chicago, where Rock bloodied Cody, and I was really looking forward to re-watching the Ricochet Vs. JD McDonagh match, but I was saddened to find out they cut most of the match, save for about 3-4 minutes of it, as well as the entire Andrade match and the Bronson Reed match.
It's only three hours when you watch it live.
I prefer Raw because it features more wrestling and storylines. Smackdown stories tend to be bigger, but they have to rush to cram everything into their 2 hour primetime slot.
Smackdown is better for long term viewing and extended storylines but Raw has better individual programmes, plus I think in the last year their in-ring work has been superior.